Question 1

1 / 1 pts

According to Tolman, the variable in between an environmental stimulus and an organism's action is

  

intervening variable

 

 

 

 

  

independent variable

 

 

 

 

  

dependent variable

 

 

 

 

  

moderating variable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 2

1 / 1 pts

All psychic phenomena can be explained on the basis of associationism and materialism, was proposed by

  

Ivan Pavlov

 

 

 

 

  

Ivan Sechenov

 

 

 

 

  

Vladimir Bechterev

 

 

 

 

  

Alexander Rpmanovich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 3

1 / 1 pts

Andrew sometimes thinks that he is the only real person and that everything else is an illusion, is bets described by

  

egocentrism

 

 

 

 

  

immaterialism

 

 

 

 

  

solipsism

 

 

 

 

  

identity amnesia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 4

0 / 1 pts

Anecdotal accounts of animal behavior according to Thorndike should avoid

  

Observer bias

 

 

 

 

  

Anthromorphism

 

 

 

 

  

Confirmation bias

 

 

 

 

  

None of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 5

1 / 1 pts

An internal state of an organism that reflects or mirrors actual or possible states of affairs in the external world.

  

mental representation

 

 

 

 

  

mental imagery

 

 

 

 

  

conscious imagery

 

 

 

 

  

psychic representation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 6

1 / 1 pts

Behaviorist failed to adequately address _______ which lead to opening the door for concepts associated with mental life

  

intervening variables

 

 

 

 

  

verbal behavior and thought

 

 

 

 

  

sensation and cognition

 

 

 

 

  

mediating variables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 7

1 / 1 pts

B.F. Skinner saw behavior fall into one of two categories

  

Classical or Conditional

 

 

 

 

  

Respondent or Reflexive

 

 

 

 

  

Classical or Respondent

 

 

 

 

  

Operant or Respondent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 8

0 / 1 pts

Chomsky and Fodor both believed in modularity.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 9

1 / 1 pts

Chomsky believed that language development ____ (select the best choice).

  

is learned through experience

 

 

  

was an innate part of the brian

 

 

 

 

  

was learned as part of social interaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 10

1 / 1 pts

Cognitive neuroscience sole interest is in attempting to understand the nature of consciousness.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 11

1 / 1 pts

Cognitive psychology brought the focus of psychology back to internal processes.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 12

1 / 1 pts

Compared to Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning is passive.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 13

1 / 1 pts

Computers today have the ability to visit websites as if they were human, consequently standards have been put into place to precent this, CAPTCHA

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 14

1 / 1 pts

Dancing the tango would be considered an

  

Explicit learned behavior

 

 

  

Implicit learned behavior

 

 

  

Explicit unlearned behavior

 

 

  

Implicit unlearned behavior

 

 

 

 

 

Question 15

1 / 1 pts

Embodied cognition proposes that that thinking or cognition was distributed in throughout the brain, body, and environment.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 16

1 / 1 pts

Henry had a major blow to the head and now he has difficulty understanding language or producing language - this represents

  

apraxis

 

 

 

 

  

agnosia

 

 

 

 

  

aphasia

 

 

 

 

  

agraphia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 17

0 / 1 pts

In a series of trials, one group of animals went through additional association trials that the other group of animals, leading to stronger associations, this represents

  

Law of Exercise

 

 

 

 

  

Law of Effect

 

 

 

 

  

Law of Contiguity

 

 

 

 

  

Law of Cause and Effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 18

0 / 1 pts

Individuals with damaged brains helped to

  

determine functional specializations of the brain

 

 

  

develop treatment plans for specific brain injuries

 

 

  

determine the benefit of phrenology

 

 

  

develop new ways of viewing the philosophy of mind

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 19

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In Pavlovian conditioning the Neutral Stimulus produces

  

Conditioned Response

 

 

 

 

  

Unconditioned Response

 

 

 

 

  

Spontaneous Recovery

 

 

 

 

  

Nothing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 20

0 / 1 pts

John Searle discounts the possibility of AI, on the grounds of computers inability to truly understand.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 21

1 / 1 pts

John Watson believed that all behavior can be understood in terms of stimulus-response relationships.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 22

1 / 1 pts

Modular systems are unique to certain stimuli represents

  

that their operation are mandatory

 

 

  

that they are information encapsulated

 

 

  

that their among the fastest psychological processes

 

 

  

they are domain specific -- unique to certain stimuli

 

 

 

 

 

Question 23

1 / 1 pts

None of Phrenology’s ideas had any merit.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 24

1 / 1 pts

One major lasting impact of behaviorism was the concept of modularity of behavior

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 25

1 / 1 pts

Per Fodor, a functional unit that processes a particular type of information is representative of

  

modals

 

 

 

 

  

module

 

 

 

 

  

bottom up processing

 

 

 

 

  

top down processing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 26

0 / 1 pts

Reducing a physiological drive constitutes per Hull

  

habit strength

 

 

 

 

  

reaction potential

 

 

 

 

  

reinforcement

 

 

 

 

  

extinction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 27

0 / 1 pts

Thinking does not just occur in the brain, but in the _____ was stated by _____.

  

Body;Fodor

 

 

 

 

  

Body; Damasio

 

 

 

 

  

Soul; Dennett

 

 

 

 

  

Soul; Descartes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 28

1 / 1 pts

Thorndike believed that psychology should focus on behavior instead of introspection

  

introspection restricts focus to adult humans

 

 

 

 

  

introspection confuses experiencing a mental state with knowledge of the mental state

 

 

 

 

  

mental states are connected fundamentally to behavior

 

 

 

 

  

all items support Thorndike's view

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 29

0 / 1 pts

Thorndike believed that the purpose of training was to establish a physical connection in the nervous system between environmental stimulus and motor action without thinking.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 30

0 / 1 pts

Thorndike discounted the existence of any mental states as did Watson.

  

True

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 31

0 / 1 pts

Thorndike was NOT a precursor to the contemporary view of connectionism.

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 32

1 / 1 pts

Used puzzle boxes to examine trial-error learning in cats

  

Ivan Pavlov

 

 

 

 

  

John Watson

 

 

 

 

  

Edward Thorndike

 

 

 

 

  

B.F. Skinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 33

1 / 1 pts

Watson was forced to resign from Johns Hopkins due to financial improprieties

  

True

 

 

 

 

  

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 34

1 / 1 pts

What findings have been offered to support embodied cognition

  

Gesturing

 

 

 

 

  

Mirror neurons

 

 

 

 

  

Both Gesturing and Mirror neurons

 

 

  

Neither Gesturing and Mirror neurons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 35

1 / 1 pts

What is a weak Artificial Intelligence?

  

a computer that simulates human mental attributes.

 

 

 

 

  

a computer "mind" capable of understanding and having mental states.

 

 

  

a system indistinguishable from a human in conversation

 

 

 

 

  

none are correct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 36

1 / 1 pts

When the conditioned stimulus no longer follows the unconditioned stimulus what my occur

  

Spontaneous Recovery

 

 

  

Extinction

 

 

  

Experimental Neurosis

 

 

  

Punished Responses

 

 

 

 

 

Question 37

1 / 1 pts

When we know how an illusion works, yet still are susceptible to the illusion, this represents

  

embodied cognition

 

 

 

 

  

modularity

 

 

 

 

  

informational encapsulation

 

 

 

 

  

dual processing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 38

1 / 1 pts

Which is not a view held by John Watson?

  

Psychology is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science.

 

 

  

Psychology's theoretical goal is the prediction and control of behavior.

 

 

  

Introspection forms no essential part of psychology's method.

 

 

  

Animal research is of minimal value to the study of psychology.

 

 

 

 

 

Question 39

1 / 1 pts

Which item represents intervening variables according to Tolman.

  

learning

 

 

 

 

  

memory

 

 

 

 

  

motivation

 

 

 

 

  

all items represents intervening variables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 40

1 / 1 pts

You are sitting on a chair in front of a desk with a list of conversation topics and questions - and two privacy screens are in front of you. You are asked to talk with each “person” behind the privacy screen. You are participating in

  

mystery dating game

 

 

 

 

  

imitation game

 

 

 

 

  

turing game

 

 

 

 

  

interview game